Posted on 07/04/2007 10:36:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Fred Thompson remains the most popular prospective presidential contender for Republican Party supporters in the United States, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. 27 per cent of respondents would vote for the actor and former Tennessee senator in a 2008 primary.
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani is second with 24 per cent, followed by former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney with 13 per cent, and Arizona senator John McCain with 12 per cent. Support is lower former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee.
Yesterday, McCain visited U.S. troops in Iraq, saying, "As you know, the war in which you have fought has divided the American people. But it has divided no American in their admiration for you. We all honour you."
In American elections, candidates require 270 votes in the Electoral College to win the White House. In November 2004, Republican George W. Bush earned a second term after securing 286 electoral votes from 31 states. Democratic nominee John Kerry received 252 electoral votes from 19 states and the District of Columbia.
Bush is ineligible for a third term in office. The next presidential election is scheduled for November 2008.
Polling Data
Republican Presidential Primary Contenders
Jun. 28 Jun. 21 Jun. 14
Fred Thompson 27% 27% 28%
Rudy Giuliani 24% 23% 27%
Mitt Romney 13% 12% 10%
John McCain 12% 11% 10%
Mike Huckabee 3% 3% 2%
Sam Brownback -- -- 2%
Source: Rasmussen Reports Methodology: Telephone interviews with 624 likely Republican primary voters, conducted from Jun. 25 to Jun. 28, 2007. Margin of error is 4 per cent.
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Please, please, please let some other candidate enter the race.
And he hasn’t spent a single dollar, lol.
What are your objections to Fred Thompson?
What are your objections to Fred Thompson?FT is a one-term senator. If he had ever been a governor, or even a mayor, or even a CEO or had any administrative or executive experience ...
If you could have your pick of anyone , who would it be? Just curious.
If you could have your pick of anyone , who would it be? Just curious.Good question. I would prefer a governor or former governor as governors tend to win presidential elections. The last senator to win the White House was JFK. Besides: legislators make poor executives. Alas: the Republican governors, except for the uninspiring Romney, appear to be sitting this one out.
I would prefer a governor or former governor as governors tend to win presidential elections.Someone like perhaps, Bill Clinton?
Or Jimmy Carter?At best, executive experience may be necessary, but it is certainly NOT sufficient. :o)
By the Senator theory, both parties will lose in 2008.
“I have not yet begun to fight”
I believe that against a conservative Giuliani will have no chance.
In the meantime it’s interesting to watch the battle between Hillary Clinton, a dedicated Mar xis, and Obama who is even farther to the left than Hillary.
You mean the Frederalists.
So, basically you are saying that anyone who could get elected mayor of New York City should be written out of the Republican Party. I see a problem with that kind of thinking.
If you haven’t heard Fred’s positions on immigration, you haven’t looked very hard. The following were the first two hits on Google for “Fred Thompson on Immigration”
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NjhkYzZiNTAxZjAyZTNjNzkxNjA2ZTNmNDBhNjhlYWU
http://www.theodoresworld.net/archives/2007/05/fred_thompson_on_immigration.html
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